Oil distributor



' H. Q'PPENHEIMER OILA DISTRIBUTOR' Filedl April 19, 1927 @M @Ww Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES HERBERT OPPENHEIMER, O E NEW YORK, N. Y.

OIL DISTRIBUTOR.

Application filed April 19, 1927. Serial No. 184,848.

My invention relates to a device which has tor its purpose to distribute heated oil to the tace, scalp or other portions of the body, which heated oil or other preparation 1s em- 5 ployed in treating` such parts.

My invention further relates to the combination, with an oil distributor, of a flexible and a movable device fordistributing the oil and massaging the part vto which the oil m is applied.

lThe accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention. Fig. 1 is a vertical y section; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on Mounted on the top of the part B is a cover,l E, provided with a screw thread, F, which` co-acts with the screw thread, D, to keep the part E in place, and permit its removal when desired. The part C also has formed in it a central opening, G. Attached to the bottom end of the casing, A, is a cover, H, having a circumferential groove, I, to receive the bottom of the casing, A. The part H is also provided with a depending extension, J, which has two diameters, K, the larger, and L, the smaller, which is slightly enlarged on its lower end, M, to receive a detachable member, N, preferably provided with a serrated lower edge, O. The part, N, is preferably made of rubber or other Hexible material, and is .held in position on the extension, J, by its elasticity. .'The part, N, when once used, is intended to be thrown away, and to be replaced by another similar part, thus insuring that the part of the instrument` which comes in contact with the oint or oints on the scal or skin where' part J, and is screw threaded to cooperate with a screw thread on the inner periphery ot the part J.

Near the upper end of the receptacle, Q, is formed a depressed groove, S, which serves 6U to support the lower end of the spring, T.

Situated over the upper end of the spring,

T, is a plate, U, provided with a depending portion, V, which vis also `interiorly screw threaded to receive the upper threaded portion of the rod, W. On the lower endv of the rod, W, is a cone shapedv valve member, X, which cooperates with the opening P in the part J to open and close such opening to permit vthe flow of oil as desired. Situated 7U at thc top of the instrument is a presser portion, Y, provided with an enlarged upper portion milled 0n its edge, to act as a thumb push, and a plate at its bottom portion, Z,

which cooperates with the plate, U, vcover 7b f the spring, T.

Surrounding the part of the reduced diameter of the receptacle, Q, is an electric heating coil, a, having its terminal wires, l), e, carried upward and out of the casing A, 8U as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These terminal wires are carried in a body, el, inserted and secured in an opening, e, in the body or' the casing, A. The cover,E,is removable, and when removed, oil or other preparations which it is desired to apply, may be introduced into the receptacle, Q. The oil is prevented from flowing out of the receptacle, Q., by the cone-shaped valve, X, which is held in closed position by the action of the spring, T. When it is desired that oil shall flow, the presser portion, Y, is depressed,'which causes the valve, X, to move downward, and allows the oil to drop intov the part, N. When the Velectric Vcurrent is turned on, and flows through the coil, 0 the oil in the reduced portion of the receptacle, Q, is heated. By applying .the heat to the lower portion of the receptacle, Q, the temperature ot the oil is raised tothe desired point immediately above the point of delivery from the distributor, and the outside of the distributor is kept cool, to facilitate handling.

The particular advantage of my rimproved distributor consists in the fact that oil or other material which it is desired to apply may be delivered in lsmall quantities at any it is considered advisable, and rubbed in by moving the part, N', over the part to which the oil siappli'edo-obtaina massaging effeet andl theabsorption of the' oil or other material.

Having thus described my vnvention I.,

claim 1. An oil distributor comprising incas-ing,

an oil receptacle located Within the Casing, having two diameters,y :indA having, a re-A 10 movable cover to permit the introduction of oily into` said reoeptaclql a heating unit looa-tedrwithin: the casing and:y surrounding a portion of the smaller diameter of' the oil receptaole, the heating unity having its term minzls carried out of the cas-ing, together Withmeans for'oontrolling the flow of oil from the oil` receptacle When/desired.

2; Anfoil` distributor comprising a; casing?. an.V oil. receptacle loiratedr Within the oasing,;a heating element for the materiali inithe'reoeptac'le looatedin the easing, ahol-y ling the flow of material from the receptacle asidesired.

3. Anfoildistributor'comprising a easing',

an oil receptacle located Within the casing, having twoy diameters:v and having a removable cover to permit the introduction of oil into said receptacle, a heating unit located within the casing and Surrounding a portion of thesmaller diameter of the oil receptacle,V a hollow flexibleV massaging member removably Securedtothe delivery end of tliexdgis-V tributor., andmeans for oontrolli'ngj'the' How' ot material from the'y receptacle' throughthei massaging member. Y e i 4. An oil distributor comprising a casing7 an oil receptacle in the'oasing', ai lre'ating"element"l forY the material in the receptacley located in the easing,l a hollow tubu'lfar'fiexihl'e Y lmaissagging memberl detaohably secured: to the delivery end of the distributonny andi means for" controlling: the flow ofi. material n Y y' fromy the: receptacle as'desii'ed;

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HERBERT OPPENHEMER;

In testimony whereof; vI ax: myjsig'na-g 

